Business Continuity Planning in the Banking Industry

The banking industry is considered to be one of the earliest adaptors of information technology. Over the years we have seen how the banking community has managed to fully embrace the benefits that they can reap from the different emerging technologies, and integrate it to their own business continuity plan or recovery plan. So, let's have a closer look at what business continuity plan is and impact on how banks are managed today.

Somalia's Tourist Industry Is Booming and Here's Why

It was just over three years ago when a tourist showed up in Mogadishu, puzzling officials to no end. Canadian Mike Spencer Bown was initially suspected of being a spy, or worse, just plain crazy.

Bridge Infrastructures in Africa

Infrastructure development is one of the most important factors that can help the economic growth of a nation. Aside from right access to healthcare and medicine and need for creation of more stable jobs, another foreseen problem that the region faces is access to roads, buildings and bridges.

Recommendations for solar power as the future of Africa’s energy resource

Solar power can be considered as the future of Africa’s energy resource, as it can help generate electricity to power up industries and houses. Every African country could benefit from the huge amounts of solar energy that hit the continent every day.

Past and Present: Montenegro and Serbia relation

Previously, when the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia split up in 1990s the Montenegro-Serbia relations have remained intact. As per the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, securing a geopolitical and political position in order to preserve the solidarity among the Serbs and the Montenegrins is an important aspect of achieving a powerful nationalist campaign.

Arun Panchariya on Brazil: Good News And Bad News

Arun Panchariya  believes the slowdown of the growth rate in the so called BRIC-countries is now clearly visible. Brazil is the latest example. Its gross domestic product expanded 2.7 % in 2011 and only with 0.3 % in the fourth quarter of 2011 compared with the third quarter.

In spite of this slowdown of the growth Brazil has overtaken the UK to become the world’s sixth-largest economy in 2011 according to Centre for Economics and Business Research, the think tank.

Arun on India: Use The Weakness To Improve The Future

Views from Arun Panchariya, Specialist in cross border transaction between Asia, Europe and the US